Ah, metadata and taxonomies: what’s not to love? Ask your content creators and you’ll be told loud and clear: having to apply said metadata and taxonomies to content through tagging. Although rich and ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. For centuries, taxonomists have cataloged every living thing they could find. Expeditions have traveled the globe, searching for unknown species; ...

The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...

As the number of environmental small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA gene sequences has greatly surpassed the number of cultured microorganisms, reconciliation of the established taxonomy and ...

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...

Introduction: Carving nature at its joints, or Why birds are not dinosaurs and men are not apes -- Part I. The Interrelationships of Organisms: 1. What this book is about -- 2. Classification -- Part ...

The EU is putting in place a common classification system to encourage private investment in sustainable growth and contribute to a climate neutral economy. The Council today adopted a regulation ...